04.30.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, Contemporary Art, Politics, T shirts, World news, fun, funny at 9:44 am by tshirtman
Round here we haven’t seen our elected representative for years, then suddenly they’re shaking hands and giving out prizes as though the world will end tomorrow and you only get to heaven if you’ve kissed enough babies. Ahh, there must be an election. We can’t stand the deception of the UK ‘democracy’, a vote once every five years for a man you never see to enjoy a gravy train you never taste. In most parts of the country the ‘election’ is a foregone conclusion owing to the size of the incumbent’s majority.
So here’s an election T shirt design that sums it up!
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04.23.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, World news at 6:16 pm by James
Was filling up the car with petrol and noticed I was putting in Super Unleaded. The only clear difference with normal unleaded was that it cost 10p more per litre. I asked the cashier the difference and she told me, as though explaining complicated science, that ‘Super unleaded is for souped up cars. If someone comes in with a souped up car, they’ll put in super unleaded.’
Why? I asked, how is it different. She told me that it was slightly more expensive, but if you have a souped up car that’s what you need.
I don’t have a souped up car, so I am no further forward. Anyone know the difference?!
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04.17.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, World news at 11:24 pm by tshirtman
We add our blog to the call for anyone who has influence to work to freeing Alan Johnston
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03.20.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, World news at 12:56 pm by tshirtman
This is a thought provoking video concerning the differing US and British media attitudes to Israeli policy. Basically Britain points out what is illegal, that Palestinians have their homes demolished because they don’t have permits, but that it is almost impossible for a Palestinian to get a permit. The US media defends and legitimizes the occupations and abuses.
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Of course these are generalisations, but they are important facts.
Let the debate begin.
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03.12.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, Sport, World news at 8:21 am by Chief Sports Writer
The cricket world cup has kicked off in the West Indies – 47 days of cricketing excellence to enjoy. If you don’t know much about cricket then the world cup is an ideal place to start, because it is the limited-overs version of cricket, so there will be no draws (though possibly a tie or two) and the whole action will be finished in a few hours. When you’re a real aficionado you can move on to test matches which last five days!
47 days does seem a bit too long for a sports tournament to last. Will the enthusiasm and excitement stay that long?
Teams:
Australia
Bangladesh
Bermuda
Canada
England
India
Ireland
Kenya
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Scotland
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Enjoy the tournament!
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03.09.07
Posted in Art, Life & T shirts, TV, World news at 9:58 am by our home affairs correspondent David Thomas
Intriguing new documentary broadcast on Channel 4 (UK) last night. I know that a good percentage of you regular readers don’t live in the UK so a recap: Martin Durkin analyzed the global warming argument, noting that it is taken as an orthodoxy and looking to see if there were any dissenting voices in the scientific community.
There were.
His suggestion, backed up by many scientists was that Co2(Carbon dioxide) and the earth’s temperature are correlated, but that the relationship is the opposite way round to that assumed by the global warming lobby. ie – it is the rising of the temperature of the earth that produces more Co2 emmissions.
Why is this?
Because the main producer and storer of Co2 on earth are the oceans. As the temperature drops they can absorb more Co2 and as the temperature rises they emit more Co2. And the size of the oceans and therefore the size of these amounts make man-made Co2 emmissions appear tiny.
Scientists lined up to say that if global warming was correct, temperature rises would be higher in the troposphere (ie near the roof of the greenhouse) than down on earth. Which is not backed up by results from weather balloons and satellites.
So if Co2 is not causing global warming, what is?
For centuries men have analysed the sunspots on the sun and again it is the sun that is responsible.
The film even had the Greenpeace founder explaining why he had left the organisation because it was having to become more radical to maintain a voice when over time the mainstream had accepted its basic arguments.
Why is global warming given such credence?
It was posited that pressure came from the left and right. Thatcher wanted to increase nuclear power to reduce reliance on coal and oil and the global warming theories offered another argument for this. Funding went up for research in these areas and the she who pays the piper calls the tune. From the left, after the collapse of communism and Labour’s dropping of much socialist orthodoxy – activists moved to the green agenda. Green politics became a way of legitimizing anti-capitalist dogma.
Melting icecaps? Happens every year. Completely normal. Like leaves falling off a tree in Autumn…So what do you think?! Interesting thoughts that you don’t see in the mainstream media.
Leave some comments please and let’s debate it.
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